Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has emerged Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum.
Dickson is believed the oldest PDP governor now, with his tenure also expected to come to an end in less than one year.
The election to choose who succeeds Dickson comes up on November 16, 2019.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Media Relations, Fidelis Soriwei said in a statement signed on Wednesday that his principal is now the new chairman of the forum.
He stated that the former Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State, announced Dickson’s emergence after a meeting at the Gombe State Governors Lodge, Abuja, on Wednesday night.
The meeting was attended by all the PDP governors. Also in attendance was the Senate President Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and PDP Chairman, Uche Secondus.
Dankwambo told journalists that the governors elected under the platform expressed concern over the state of insecurity in the country.
According to him, the governors were worried by the adverse effects of the growing insecurity on food production in the country. He added that the governors decried the situation where farmers are scared of going to the farms in fear of being killed or kidnapped.